My attributes are increasing infinitely Chapter 407: System awakened again

Gauging the passage of time within the negative plane proved nearly impossible.

There were no celestial bodies to track, nor was there a sun to mark the days.

For Ethan, the only rhythm of time was the rhythmic pulse of his blood and the faint, internal vibration of his cells.

Five months had slipped away since he first stepped into this realm governed by inverted laws.

From the depths of his spiritual consciousness, the World Tree finally spoke.

"Master, the 100 million bloodlines I harvested have been fully refined. I have distilled them down to 10,000 supreme essences. Are you prepared to merge with them?"

Ethan’s eyes snapped open.

The charcoal-grey mists of the negative world drifted around him, swirling like famished ghosts.

He glanced at his own skin, which had begun to radiate a faint luster.

Driven by the relentless tide of physical entropy, half of the cells in his body had already transformed into a brilliant gold.

"Yes," Ethan answered.

The single word acted as a trigger.

In an instant, the 10,000 supreme bloodlines flooded his veins.

They didn't merely flow into him; they launched a full-scale assault on his Omni Bloodline.

It was a violent, chaotic war of biological information.

Boom!

A massive shockwave of pressure erupted from Ethan’s frame.

The very fabric of the void where he sat began to fracture.

For thousands of miles, the atmosphere became so heavy it threatened to pulverize anything in its path.

Ethan attempted to stifle his aura to remain undetected, but the effort was futile.

The metamorphosis was far too explosive to be contained in silence.

Suddenly, his sixth sense flared with an intense warning.

It was a profound sensation of destiny.

He realized the moment had arrived.

"Yumiko," he whispered within his mind. "It is time for you to awaken."

Immediately following his command, a nostalgic chime rang out in his head.

It was a sound that had been absent for a long time.

[Ding! The system is at your service, Master.]

Ethan had no time to celebrate her return.

A surge of agony, more piercing than any blade, sliced through his very soul.

It felt as though his entire being was being forced through the eye of a needle.

He gasped, his eyes wide with shock.

"Ahhhh!"

He peered into his ocean of essence, the reservoir of his vast power.

An impossible phenomenon was unfolding.

Typically, a positive cultivator possesses an ocean of energy, while a negative cultivator holds an ocean of entropy.

Yet, a second ocean was manifesting directly above his original sea of energy.

This new expanse was not comprised of energy.

It was a sea of pure, concentrated entropy.

His positive existence was somehow birthing a negative ocean of power.

Logically, this was an existential impossibility.

The primeval creators had established laws specifically to ensure such forces never combined.

Energy and entropy were destined to annihilate one another.

However, within Ethan’s physique, they were finding a way to coexist.

Because his existing ocean of energy was infinite, the newly formed ocean of entropy began expanding rapidly to maintain the universal balance.

Ethan watched in awe as the finite transformed into the infinite.

His Infinite Comprehension talent triggered on its own, absorbing every nuance of this cosmic shift.

Outside, the foundations of the negative plane began to tremble.

The earth rolled and buckled like waves on a stormy sea.

Ethan’s aura skyrocketed at a frightening pace.

It surged past the boundaries of a standard Eternal Sovereign and hurtled toward the Source Authority realm.

In the distance, the powerful entities of the negative world observed the disturbance.

They were struck by confusion.

"Was he not already a Source Authority being?" one questioned, his voice shaking with unease.

Why was his power currently at the Eternal Sovereign level but climbing so rapidly?

"Should we eliminate him?" another proposed. "He poses a risk to the balance."

"No," a third voice intervened.

"He is far too enigmatic.

We cannot risk instigating a war ourselves.

If our strike fails to kill him instantly, we might inadvertently trigger the eternal war ahead of schedule."

In the most desolate, shadowed corner of the negative plane, an ancient being opened his eyes.

He was the source from which the Lotus of Creation had sprung.

He stood as the highest Source Authority being across both the positive and negative planes.

His name was Erebus.

Legends whispered that his power had already reached the Absolute Continuum realm.

Because of his overwhelming strength, "The Presence" was unable to kill him.

Instead, his memories had been tampered with to keep him in a state of slumber.

Erebus sat up slowly.

"Huh? Why have I been roused again? What has occurred this time?"

He shifted his gaze toward Ethan’s location.

A familiar aura reached him.

Though it was faint and heavily suppressed, it called to him like the scent of a long-lost kinsman.

Erebus rose to his feet.

He did not summon a portal.

He simply stepped out of his personal dimension and into the negative world.

The entire negative plane shuddered once more, far more violently than before.

Shadows stretched unnaturally long.

A deep darkness began to consume everything in sight.

"No, no, no!" the Source Authority beings wailed in terror.

"That monster has emerged!

We are finished!

Everything is lost!"

Erebus paid them no mind.

To him, those beings were nothing more than specks of dust.

His eyes were fixed solely on Ethan.

He began to walk.

With every stride, he traversed millions of miles.

Ethan remained immersed in his evolution, unaware that death itself was approaching.

His actual cultivation realm, which had been stalled at the Progenitor level, was now breaking through one barrier after another.

He finally stabilized as a true Eternal Sovereign.

He could sense the gates of the Source Authority realm looming before him, though they remained firmly shut for the moment.

The Sword of Infinity hummed as it flew into his ocean of essence.

It came to rest between the two seas—the ocean of energy and the ocean of entropy.

The blade began to radiate a peculiar, grey luminescence.

The weapon was evolving in tandem with its master.

At last, the violent tremors within his body subsided.

The evolution of his bloodline and essence reached its conclusion.

While his cells continued their golden transformation, the primary storm had passed.

[Master, I am once again at your service], Yumiko’s voice echoed in his mind.

"Thank you, Yumiko," Ethan replied.

"I missed your presence."

He summoned the system interface to review his updated status.

[Master: Ethan Hunt

Realm: Eternal Sovereign

Physique: Eternal Sovereign

Spirit: Eternal Sovereign

Talent: Infinite Comprehension

System Ability: Creation of All Things

Bloodline: Infinite Bloodline]

Ethan let out a sigh.

Despite this massive surge in power, he still hadn't crossed into the Source Authority level.

The chasm between these realms was like a bottomless canyon.

[Master, the system has also undergone an evolution.]

"In what way?" Ethan inquired.

[Previously, your power would double every twenty-four hours.

Now, a new function has been integrated.

The system will replicate the power level of the strongest opponent you have engaged.

It will then proceed to double your power from that new peak every day.]

Ethan’s heart gave a sudden thud.

"What?"

"Are you saying if I face an Absolute Continuum being, I would attain that level of power?"

[That is precisely what it means.

However, you must survive the encounter first.

Furthermore, the power will only become yours once the day has concluded.]

Ethan’s fervor instantly dampened.

Surviving a clash with such a being seemed impossible.

It was like an ant hoping to survive the heel of a giant.

He turned his attention to his ocean of entropy.

It had reached infinity so rapidly that he hadn't fully grasped the mechanics of the change.

Regardless, he knew his bloodline had been fundamentally altered.

It was no longer the Omni Bloodline; it had become the Infinite Bloodline.

He could feel the nascent ability to craft his own laws.

He was millions of times more potent than he had been only hours prior.

Just as he prepared to return to his meditation, the air before him suddenly froze.

A shadow materialized.

This was no ordinary shadow cast by light, but a physical embodiment of darkness and mortality.

Erebus stood there, observing Ethan with eyes that seemed to contain the very end of existence.

Ethan’s eyes widened in shock.

He felt his throat tighten and go dry.

He swallowed hard, struggling to find his breath.

The aura radiating from this man was vastly more immense than Ethan’s own, even surpassing the power he felt when wielding the Sword of Infinity.

"Who is this?" Ethan wondered.

[Master, he is a peak Source Authority realm being.

His strength far exceeds every other ruler in this world.

If you engage him and survive—or somehow win—you will hit the ultimate jackpot today.]

Ethan stared at Erebus.

The man clad in white didn't appear enraged.

He looked intrigued.

Yet, the sheer pressure he emitted was enough to force the Law of Entropy itself to submit.

Ethan’s hand moved slowly toward the Sword of Infinity.

He understood that he was facing the most perilous moment of his life.

When Erebus spoke, his voice carried the weight of grinding tectonic plates.

"You possess a peculiar scent, little human.

You are a child of the light, yet you harbor the dark.

Tell me, who granted you the authority to possess both?"

Ethan offered no reply.

He rose to his feet and tightened his grip on his sword.

He could feel his golden cells thrumming with energy, bracing for a conflict that would either elevate him to godhood or erase him from existence.